The Big Martial Arts Thread

[Colapop]

Thee my thig.

[WINJA]

Go for Wing Chun. Very practical and enjoyable. Not all about strength, but being efficient. None of this breaking boards crap. No yelling and screaming blue murder everytime you move.

Start off with the basic stuff and then develop into the blindfolded fighting. Yay.

THATS FABULOUS INNIT , I SPARRED WITH A BLINDFOLDED WINGCHUN EXPERT WHO HAD 20+ YEARS OF TRAINING , I DIDNT BELIEVE THE 1" PUNCH EITHER TILL HE KNOCKED ME ON MY ARSE TWICE , HE SAID IT DOES TAKE A HELL OF A LONG TIME TO BE GOOD AND ITS A REALLY GOOD SYSTEM FOR WOMAN TO LEARN

[Pussy]

Kun Ton Tung is the best one to go for

[The_Dover]

I still think a good old fashioned bitch slapping is as effective as anything.

[Wolf]

When all else fails scream wildly, flail your arms and go ballistic in berserk rage, froth at the mouth, roll your eyes and bite hard. You'll take out one in next to no time and you won't have to worry about his mates because they'll have split already. No one wants to take on a frothing lunatic. Safety in numbers my fucking arse, that guy's nuts, I'm outta here.

Or you could go for the subtle. Listen patiently and intently to their opening threats, smile disturbingly and say "Ah, so that's why the voices told me I would feed tonight. Come closer, my pretty shining ones." Do it right, you won't have to bite anyone.

[Colapop]

Fights are actually pretty easy. It's either them or you. If you think there's rules and gentlemenly behaviour - you're dreaming. If you're in the shit up to your eyeballs you bite, scratch, grab bits, headbutt, kick, scream .... pretty much whatever it takes to win. Otherwise - you lose.

[SlowHand]

Or, you could just grab something sharp and say,

You guys better cripple me quick, because Im going to stab this into an eye. I dont care who's. I might get fuct up and not walk for a while, but one of you will lose an eye tonight.

[metric]

as previously said in the thread, muay thai if you are interested in mixing it up & don't mind learning to get hit / take the knocks etc

I reckon wing chun tho... it's an awesome art. had a couple of mates do it for a few years... attack & defend simultaneously, liquid hands etc. Got a freaky stance tho, with the knees kinda bent inwards

[SlashWylde]

Hey Gareth,

my suggestion for you would be Aikido as a pacifist but effective martial art. There's a lot to be gained in mental and physical development from martial arts, and you'll probably find it benefits your biking as well as other areas of life.

In the past I've done Karate and a bit of kick boxing and some Aikido.

I think one needs to try a few things before finding the one you really like.

Go see Dwayne at Ronin Martial Ats in Papatoetoe http://www.roninmartialarts.co.nz/ if that suits you geographically. They train in a variety of disciplines and are a good bunch.

[zeocen]

Shhhhh, they'll find me!

Thought so! (mpx)
Your bike makes me jealous with rage

[Wolf]

my suggestion for you would be Aikido as a pacifist but effective martial art. There's a lot to be gained in mental and physical development from martial arts, and you'll probably find it benefits your biking as well as other areas of life.

I like the flexibility I had when I was practising Aikido regularly and the general wellness and body tone for seemingly little effort. I could barely stagger out of the TKD classes, whereas I was so "pumped" I felt like running home after Aikido (I don't do running!). And the exercises felt really laid back followed by some forward break-falls and a couple of low energy techniques to escape from grabs or evade punches - seriously about letting the other bugger or nature provide the energy. Let him put himself off balance with his strike and then provide that little amount of "push" to take him over the edge. Gravity will do the rest. Great stuff. I know one technique where you trap your opponent's arm and if he's stupid enough to try to hit you with the other one he will break his own arm

The mental disciple was also good.

[vtec]

Well, as a kid I was NZ Judo champ in my weight category's for a few years. Also did boxing for a while. I think I would be a reasonably good brawler in real life, but I don't have much trouble getting on with people. They would have to be seriously unreasonable (or thiefs) for me to get in a brawl.

In my opinion, to make a good all round fighter, you need to have experience in one wrestling/grappling style of fighting (such as Judo), and some experience in a striking style of fighting like boxing or kickboxing.

[Deano]

Oh, fuck off.

Thats a real compelling argument for boxing mate - have you taken a few too many to the head ?

[Lias]

I still think a good old fashioned bitch slapping is as effective as anything.

Depends on teh circumstances, but yes you can be right.

Not a self defense matter, but years ago I was downtown with some friends hanging out with a bunch of boy racer types. The carloard of people i'd come in with had stopped to pick up a young lady on our way to town that night, a friend of my mates gf. Didnt know her from a bar of soap, but at one point in the evening I saw she was sitting down on the curb crying. Found out via mates GF that her BF had bashed her and told her to fuckoff.. Asked who said BF was. Got pointed to some cocky young boy racer with his backwards baseball cap fubu jacket and his pants around his knees looking all staunch in front of his mates. Asked his name, then walked over and said are you XYZ. He walked out towards me with a "yeah I am and who the fuck are you" thing going on, and I just backhand slapped him in the mouth with all my strength and said if he EVER made his girlfriend cry again I'd beat him so bad he'd wish he was dead.

Strangely enough he stopped being all macho in front of his boys at that point and just started crying.

Okay, worse case scenario I get charged for misuse of a firearm - woopey.

And they take away your license, and all your guns, and dont give you a cent for them. I dont know why people both with firearms licenses, its not exactly difficult to get ahold of firearms via other means. Of the many people I know who own firearms, well over half dont have licenses.

[The_Dover]

And they take away your license, and all your guns, and dont give you a cent for them. I dont know why people both with firearms licenses, its not exactly difficult to get ahold of firearms via other means. Of the many people I know who own firearms, well over half dont have licenses.

Can you hook a brother up with an AK? I got some issues with the neighbours cat.